police had to use pepper spray to stop a crowd that rushed a sale on electronics. a young boy was knocked over in the surge of the crowd, about but he wasn't hurt. walmart's corporate office apologized for this incident today. >>> a much more subdued scene in our area. it looks like the strategy to open doors on thank giving day paid off for major retailers 97 million americans said they plan to shop today, up from 89 million last year. walmart says it rang up 12 million transactions l.a. night alone. most stores have already closed their doors for black friday, but now it's the little guys gearing up for tomorrow's small business saturday. david culver covers northern virginia, spending the evening in old town alexandria, where most of the stores are locally owned. >> reporter: with the old town tree lit up, kings street holiday shopping can officially get started. what did you do today? >> we went shopping. >> reporter: the troll ilgiving these shoppers a break. laura has already pick up a few things. i bought a cute top. >> reporter: but she's using tonight's ri